Data currency system for digital human healthcare and medical data exchange, analytics, and applications

ABSTRACT

This patent discloses a medical service platform, method, and apparatus based on a human digital twin model that comprises a a data currency valuation subsystem that provides dynamic quotes of a digital currency based on values of corresponding data in the digital human digital data currency system.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No.202210768911.3, filed Jul. 1, 2022. The foregoing application isincorporated by reference herein in its entirety.

FIELD

Embodiments of this disclosure relate to the field of medical dataproduction, exchange, and valuation, and to medical data, service, andfinancial platform, method, and apparatus for human digital twinplatform.

BACKGROUND

With the advent of the big data era, medical and health have becomeimportant fields of big data applications. Medical and health big datacan be applied to many aspects, such as auxiliary diagnosis of diseases,determination of treatment plans, prediction of epidemics, analysis ofdrug side effects, and medical clinical research. However, the currentdata systems for the collection, application, analysis, and exchange ofmedical data are not yet perfect, so a multifunctional data system thatintegrates the collection, application, analysis, and exchange ofmedical data is needed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present disclosure provides a data system and method for servingmedical data exchange, analysis, and application to address the problemdiscussed above.

In one aspect, this disclosure provides a medical and healthcare serviceplatform, wherein the medical and healthcare service platform issupported by a digital data currency system and provides medical andhealthcare data processing, analyzing, and predicting based on a digitalhuman system by integrating participating parties comprising individualpersons, researchers, healthcare providers, and regulatory and publicsectors.

In some embodiments, the medical and healthcare service platformcomprises:

a digital human replica system that constructs a digital human replicato provide virtual representation, modeling, and visualization servicesbased on present and past medical and health data of physical persons;

a digital human simuli system that constructs a digital human simuli toprovide virtual simulation and modeling of future health andphysiological evolution of a physical person based on the present andpast medical and health data;

a digital human agent system that represents virtual medical and healthservice professionals with specialties and functions, wherein thevirtual medical and healthcare service professionals are formed based onprofessional knowledge and capabilities, specialties, and experiences ofphysical medical and healthcare professionals and characteristics andspecialties of non-medical and healthcare professionals orpractitioners; and

a digital human data acquisition system that collects biometricidentification and medical-related data,

wherein the digital data currency system awards data sharing andcontributions in a full ecosystem of data generation comprising dataprocessing, data cleaning and denoising, data encryption andanonymization, data labeling and calibration, data analytics, and datais contributions related to medical and healthcare services; andservices provided by medical and healthcare professionals from clinicalpractices, drug companies from laboratories or clinical trial data, andacademic researchers from research work,

wherein the digital human replica system receives input data from thehuman data acquisition system for both a target physical person andother persons with similar biomedical, social-demographical,occupational, and lifestyle characteristics for building, calibrating,and customizing the digital human simuli system for the target physicalperson to simulate the growing and aging, disease events, injury events,and their reactions to medicines and treatment plans,

wherein the digital human agent system creates a special digital humanreplica of actions, treatment plans, and decision makings of medical andhealthcare professionals, the digital human agent system configured toexecute simulated medical, care, and health services as an interventionbased on simulation in a digital human simuli model of the digital humansimuli system,

wherein the digital human stimuli and the digital human agent system areintegrated to perform model optimization to select and determine anoptimal treatment or support plan to achieve an optimal health andmedical outcome,

wherein the digital human digital data currency system awards digitalcurrency for data contribution by the participating parties whointerface with the digital human data acquisition system and whereindata contribution results in improvement of performance of the digitalhuman simuli system and the digital human agent system, and

wherein the digital human digital data currency system comprises a datacurrency valuation subsystem that provides dynamic quotes of a digitalcurrency based on values of corresponding data in the digital humandigital data currency system.

In some embodiments, the digital human digital data currency systemfurther comprises: i) a medical data input interface for data uploadingand transferring from hospitals, individuals, public agencies, families,and communities, ii) a data feature-based value evaluation subsystemthat defines data currency valuation based on timeliness, acquisition orprocessing cost of data, frequency of data usage, new medical healthadvances including new artificial intelligence (AI) models, drugs,treatment, and medical devices, public and is community health valueincrease, and data quality and security related dynamic features, iii) adata quality assurance and quality control subsystem that ensuresconsistency and standards of data products, iv) a data currency volumeand ownership assignment subsystem that generates new data currencybased on AI model performance improvement and distributes generatedcurrency based on contributions of all participants of providing,processing, cleaning, and modeling data, v) a data acquisition,processing, and labeling contribution assessment subsystem that conductsproduction of cleaned, anonymized, labeled datasets for healthcare AImodels and applications, vi) a hybrid federated and machine learningbased contribution assessment system to assess contributions of datacontributors with different direct data sharing or indirect AI modelweights sharing for improving healthcare AI model and applications.

In some embodiments, the medical data input interface is configured tocollect medical related data and comprises: (a) a hospital interface foruploading and transferring of medical records from doctors and hospitaldata center, (b) a personal interface for individual to upload real-timeor historical wearable healthcare device data, medical exam results, anddirect text—or audio-based inputs, (c) a public agency interface tocollect anonymous data collected from health checkpoint and population,and (d) a family and community interface for uploading case-by-casedescriptions and audio and video data.

In some embodiments, the data currency valuation subsystem uses datafeatures for determining initial data value evaluation, wherein the datafeatures comprise data types or categories for application; data stageof medicine trials; infectious disease severity designations; individualdisease stage designation; data sources; social demographics; datafields; data coverage; data volume; or data resolution.

In some embodiments, the data currency valuation subsystem determinesmonetary tokenized valuation for healthcare-related data, and wherein:a) value appreciation is determined by one or more of the followingfactors: timeliness of new or real-time data, wherein value of the datapositively correlates with timeliness of the data; high-frequency toeffective data usage; a new drug, device, or treatment created ordiscovered; a public health value added through contributions to newcommunity and public health solutions to detect and control spreadingand outbreak an infectious disease; data processing, computing, andproduction cost in a full data production process; cyber securityimprovement to enhance data security and improved counterfeitcountermeasures; data-assisted AI model and application is performanceimprovement such as accuracy and coverage; and data currency tradingrelated price increase; or b) value deprecation is determined by one ormore of the following factors: increased number of repeated or outdateddatasets that do not provide new or useful information for healthcaremodel and application improvement; increased number of bad records indata production comprising missing data, fake data, or biased data;leaking, counterfeit, and illegal usage of raw or confidential datasetsthat lead to legal, technological, societal, and sale challenges ofdatasets in practices of healthcare model and application; reducedeffective data usage by models and applications; and data currencytrading related price decrease.

In some embodiments, the data currency valuation subsystem determinesvalue evaluation of medical-related data based on one or more of datafeatures comprising: a) standardization module of data production fromraw data formatting, data processing procedure, analytic and labelingtools and functionality specifications, and data performance and qualityassurance and control; b) data quality assessment metrics comprising:comparison to validation or diagnostics datasets; detection ordiagnostic accuracies; recovery rates and quality assessment; death,incidents, severe damage, injuries, or paralyzation rate; c) erroneousand false data detection and correction methods comprising: sensor errorand malfunctions; human input error or vagueness; or text andhandwriting recognition error; and d) multi-dataset cross-validationmechanisms comprising: spatial-temporal matching; correlation matching;or pattern matching between similar population groups.

In some embodiments, the data quality assurance and quality control, andreporting subsystem comprises a periodic data quality reporting systemthat reports one or more of:

-   -   a) cost of data production and maintenance comprising one or        more of: data generation and/or acquisition cost, data cleaning        and labeling cost, data analytic cost, data storage cost, data        application cost, and security, certification, or oversight        cost;    -   b) number of applications and application revenue and        monetization results in a reporting period comprising one or        more of data application subscription and membership revenues;        data application service revenues; data currency trading        revenues; monetized values of derived products such as new        drugs, treatment methods, derived data applications; and money        savings for families, agencies, and communities compared with        prior applications or methods; and    -   c) a data product quality metric system comprising one or more        of: i) output versus input instance ratios defined as a ratio        between application service instances over number of input data        instances in a reporting period; ii) data growth capability        defined by processed, labeled, and calibration-consumed data        versus newly acquired or produced data rate based on size of        training data set to achieve a latest model divided by a rate of        new data acquisition through applications; iii) incremental data        benefit gains to keep track of different stages of data and        application matureness, especially, monitoring mature datasets        entering a long-tail stage where increased data consumption is        needed to gain performance improvement of trained AI models and        applications; iv) user growth potentials based on a growth rate        of users of healthcare products or applications produced by the        data, average cost per user data acquisition and production, and        usage activity data based on active user engagement time and        interactions; and v) data supported models, publications, and        application increasing rates.

In some embodiments, the data currency volume and ownership assignmentsystem allocates and distributes currency based on each round ofoptimization of parameters and gradients of the AI model, and whereinthe data currency volume and ownership assignment system comprises oneor more of: a) a new data currency module that is generated with everyround of calibration converges triggered by new data, new model, newoptimization method; b) a parameter or gradient update module to keeptrack of performance improvement in accuracy, coverage, and otherperformance metrics of the data; c) a hashing system that generateunique data currency lot ID based with creating a hash codecorresponding to updated model performance metrics, parameters, orgradients; d) a data currency pooling system to record and store newdata currency lots and status of a new gradient or parameter combinationand corresponding performance gains; e) a blockchain-enabled globalledger to register data currency generation and pooling activities withevery round of such updates; and f) a data currency assignment modulethat distributes new data currency lots in a new currency pool to allcontributors of calibration or training, including new data contributorsto raw, labeled, and ground truth data, computing resource providers foredge or cloud computing depending on AI to technology architectures,validators, data and file transmission, or cyber security measures.

In some embodiments, the data currency valuation subsystem comprises acalibration data currency volume and ownership assignment systemcomprising one or more of: calibration datasets oriented; large-scaleparameter settings that use a tree structure to compress andtokenization; and all sets of parameters to be created in a way thatfollows an evolution tree; and new currency key or token with encryptionessentially mapping uniqueness of structure and uniqueness of data nodesto form a unique encryption key or token.

In some embodiments, the data acquisition, processing, and labelingcontribution assessment system comprises one or more of: a) historicaldata depreciation methods by using statistical distribution models formodeling and calibrating decay with respect to time; b) dynamic andreal-time data valuation methods for determining randomness of datasetsor predictability of the datasets from historical data; and c) rare andhigh-value data valuation metrics comprising targeted data types, numberof rare, high-value data occurrences, or frequencies.

In some embodiments, the data currency valuation subsystem comprises afederated and machine learning contribution assessment system comprisingone or more of:

-   -   i) direct machine learning or deep learning assessment where        currency volume is allocated based on performance improvement of        models and applications through centralized machine learning        model calibration with direct raw data and data labels produced        at a data center;    -   ii) a federated learning assessment module that assesses        currency volume only based on performance improvement and        parameter, weight or gradient updates from federated learning        process where raw data are not shared with a data center;    -   iii) machine learning and federated learning contributions        comprising: dataset contributions with respect to increment in        gradients or parameters changes or dataset contributions in        improvement of data precision, accuracy, or coverage;    -   iv) machine-learning- and federated-learning-based data currency        allocation based on one or more of: a) an allocation submodule        based on completeness and development of a model where        allocation will increase with higher average change rates of        gradient or parameters in an AI model as a result of a training        process, and will decrease if average change in parameters or        gradients of the model caused by the dataset used is not        significant; b) an allocation submodule based on processed or        used percentage of input and label data; c) an allocation        submodule based on improvement in model accuracy where        allocation increases with larger accuracy improvement beyond a        pre-defined no-change threshold specified by a data product and        decreases with smaller accuracy improvement in trained models;        and d) an allocation rule integration module that determines        final allocation based on a combined assessment of the is        submodules set forth in a)-c) based on characteristics of data        products.

In some embodiments, the data currency valuation subsystem comprises adata currency exchange platform comprising one or more of the followingfunctionalities: a) data application that produces user groupsregistration and management including one or more of: data contributorswho upload raw data; data collectors, surveyors, and buyers; dataprocessors and labelers; data brokers and resellers; data applicationdevelopers or operators; data application end users; data analysts thatproduce insights towards developing corresponding models andapplications; and data users through digital currency traders andtransactions; b) a data currency exchange cryptocurrency transactionprocess function comprising one or more of: initiate transactionprocess; secure transaction function; point-to-point transaction;transaction group-to-group; validate process; certify process; recordingprocess; and transferring; c) smart multi-party contracting among datacontributors; d) digital currency transactions logging and managementsystem; e) currency token circulation within an exchange platform; f)toke circulation and exchange with data currency from other exchangeplatforms or other currency or cryptocurrencies; and g) security anduser protection modules.

In some embodiments, the data currency exchange platform has a datacurrency exchange function for internal platform circulation, whereinwithin one data currency platform, data currency from different datacurrencies can be tradeable to be used to purchase or exchange dataproducts under other data currencies, wherein different types of dataproducts are purchased, exchanged, and acquired, using the same datacurrency, wherein for external exchange with other currencies, the datacurrency platform comprises an exchange module for data currencies fromother data currency exchange systems, an exchange module with worldcurrency with a specific exchange rate, or an exchange module with othercryptocurrencies, and wherein exchange rates are determined by one ormore of characteristics: an exchange rate system between different datacurrency types or similar data products under different data currency;exchange with world currency once money values are determined throughinitial valuation process; all data products have value, but not alldata products have transaction value;

some data products are protected and never tradeable; and a need todefine a method for dividing data products.

In some embodiments, the data currency valuation subsystem performs adata currency global certification process that allows distributedsystems to work together and stay secure for is generating datacurrency, wherein the data currency global certification processcomprises one or more of: a) Proof-of-Work (PoW) consensus mechanismsbased on hours or result instances processed, analyzed, labeled, orcomputed by different data contributors; and b) Proof-of-Stake (PoS)consensus mechanisms based on data currency generation and allocationmodule outcomes.

In some embodiments, the data currency operation and transactionsubsystem comprises a data currency development framework for building,distribution, issuance, regular disclosure, property rights protection,the data currency development framework comprising one or more of: a)encryption and cyber security modules that comprises central andindividual data currency information security modules; anti-theft andanti-piracy management for data sources; and digital oversight system toimplement regulatory requirements by government agencies; b) datacurrency blockchain platform to provide global verifiable ledgers todocument data currency transactions and activities; c) data currencytoken or coin development modules; d) data currency smart testingprocess comprising: deploying tokens on a testnet; deploying smartcontracts; or verifying source code; e) data currency smart contractsand wallet modules for individual data currency keeping and exchange,which performs one or more operations of: (i) transaction management ofsmart contracts; (ii) initiating, approving, and verifying transfers ortrades; (iii) satisfying factor authentications and maintenance securitykeys; (iv) enforcing trading and transaction rules and regulatoryrequirements; (v) initial price and smart contract offering; (vi)monitoring and maintaining timing records of transactions; and f) datacurrency intellectual property protection and disclosure systems.

In some embodiments, the data currency development framework comprises adata currency token or coins development platform comprising one or moreof: a) data currency tokens standards and templates; b) data currencydigital wallet; c) smart contract interface; d) transfer functioninterface; e) record keeping interface to document name, symbol, anddecimal of a token; f) initial total supply management interface; g)data and application product documentation interface; h) AI modelstructure, parameter, and performance metrics to documentationinterface; i) programming interface and coding environment; j)application development interfaces to interact with other digitalcurrencies; and k) application development interfaces to interact withtrading and transaction systems.

In some embodiments, the data currency development framework comprises adata currency smart distribution process comprising one or more of:initial coin offering (ICO) or is holding a crowd sale; build and/ormaintain user community; white papers, laws, and regulations; andofficial release, transaction, operation and maintenance.

The foregoing summary is not intended to define every aspect of thedisclosure, and additional aspects are described in other sections, suchas the following detailed description. The entire document is intendedto be related as a unified disclosure, and it should be understood thatall combinations of features described herein are contemplated, even ifthe combinations of features are not found together in the samesentence, or paragraph, or section of this document. Other features andadvantages of the invention will become apparent from the followingdetailed description. It should be understood, however, that thedetailed description and the specific examples, while indicatingspecific embodiments of the disclosure, are given by way of illustrationonly, because various changes and modifications within the spirit andscope of the disclosure will become apparent to those skilled in the artfrom this detailed description.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the digital human medical andhealthcare data currency system.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the data currency valuation system.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the data currency volume allocationsystem.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the data currency contributiondetermination system.

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of data currency exchangeplatform.

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of data currency operation andtransaction system.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

This disclosure provides a data currency system that serves medical dataexchanges, analyses, and applications. The system comprises a datacurrency valuation subsystem that provides dynamic quotes of a digitalcurrency based on values of corresponding data in the digital humandigital data currency system.

As shown in FIG. 1 , the data currency system starts from the healthcareand medical data acquired through interfaces developed for hospitals1031, individuals themselves 1032, public agencies (1033, and familiesand communities input interfaces 1034. Hospitals 1031 can uploadanonymous medical data and records and/or match medical data or recordswith is data currency platform participants or contributors with datadisclosure consent. Individuals 1032 can use personal interfaces toupload data, which include real-time or periodic synchronizationinterfaces for wearable devices, web interfaces for reporting symptoms,medical or family history, exercise or treatment routines, and medicalevents, manual uploading of medical records, and/or granting access toone's health and medical records. Public agencies 1033 such as publichealth organizations, emergency response agencies, industrialassociations, and organizations can also link their public data sourcesor data feeds and upload aggregated population and health data accordingto agency regulations, policies, and guidelines. Families andcommunities 1034 can also help contribute data for particular patientsor healthy persons who opted into the human digital twin platforms byproviding their descriptions, observations, medical exam or datarecords, and support history for the patients or persons of interest.

The data quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) module 104 is used tomonitor and periodically report on the data quality and operationalquality. The module includes the revenue report interface, used tomonitor the data quality based on a quality metric system 1043 thatcovers different aspects of accuracy, popularity, sustainability,effectiveness, coverage, security, and others. The revenue metric system1041 is used to track all potential revenue streams, and the cost metricsystem 1042 is used to account for all the related costs of acquiring,creating, processing, modeling, and using the data products.

The QA/QC and reporting module will interact with the model andapplication training module 101 that can operate in two modes, themachine learning mode and the federated learning model. In machinelearning training 1011, all the raw data are sent to a centralizedserver at the digital human medical and healthcare data platform andartificial intelligence models are calibrated by directly inputting theraw data and labels. Federated learning training 1012 is used when theraw data may have issues to be sent directly the digital human dataplatforms due to privacy and security concerns of differentparticipating entities. In federated learning training 1012, the rawdata are kept behind the firewall of participating entities, and thetraining of the AI models is conducted at servers deployed inside thefirewall of those entities, and only the trained parameters and weightsare provided to digital human data platforms where those weights andparameters will be integrated with other training results. At the coreof the currency system 102 is the data currency and valuation system1023 will execute is the main data currency generation and pooling10232, feature-based valuation 10231, the hosting of main data currencyunit lots 10233, the allocation and distribution of the data currency10234 to the data contributors. Once received, those data contributorsbecome the owners and potential traders of the data currency. The datacurrency trade and exchange platform 106 is then established to handlethe currency trading and interact with the applications and models inthe human digital twin platform 107.

Referring now to FIG. 2 , the data currency valuation system uses thedata valuation module 201 to determine value deprecation 202 and valueappreciation 203 and affect data currency unit 204. Increased repeatedand outdated dataset 2021, increased bad records in data production2022, leaking, counterfeit, and illegal usage of the raw or confidentialdataset 2023, reduced effective data usage 2024, and data currencytrading related price decrease 2025 result in the value deprecation 202.The factors that will cause value appreciation 203 include timeliness2031, high-frequency effective data usage 2032, new drug, device/newtreatment 2033, public health value 2034, data processing, computing,and production cost 2035, cyber security improvement 2036, data assistedAI model and application performance improvement 2037, and data currencytrading related price increase 2038.

As shown in FIG. 3 , the data currency volume system has a new datacurrency module 301, a parameter/gradient update module 302, a hashingsystem 303, a data currency pooling system 304, a blockchain-enabledglobal ledger system 305, and a data currency assignment module 306. Thenew data currency module 301 can be triggered every time a new datacurrency is generated. The triggering principles include new datacalibration convergence 3011, mew model calibration convergence 3012,new optimization method calibration convergence 3013. Theparameter/gradient update module 302 is to track the improvement ofaccuracy 3021, convergence 3022, and performance metrics 3023, which arethe principle of the data currency allocation and distribution.

The hashing system 303 is to generate unique data currency lot ID 3031based on the parameter/gradient update module 302. Therefore, eachimprovement activity will have an unique hashing encryption code torecord. The new data currency pooling system 304 is to record and storenew data currency generated in new data currency module 301 andparameter/gradient update module 302. Namely, it can record/store newdata currency 3041, record/store status of new parameter/gradientcombination 3042 and record/store status of corresponding performancecombination 3043.

The blockchain-enabled global ledger system 305 is to register the datacurrency generation 3051 and pooling each round update activity 3052from new data currency pooling system 304. The data currency assignmentmodule 306 is to distribute new data currency lots 3061 to all thecontributors. In addition, the data currency volume system also has acalibration module 307. The calibration module is calibration datasetoriented 3071, an evolution tree structure for large-scale parameter3072 to compress and tokenization, and to form unique encryptionkeys/tokens 3073 to map the uniqueness of the structure and theuniqueness of data nodes.

As shown in FIG. 4 , the data currency contribution system uses valueddata products 404 to determine the data currency distribution 405. Thevalued data products 404 includes a subsystem for federated and machinelearning 401 and a subsystem for the data acquisition, processing, andlabeling 402. The subsystem for federated and machine learning 401 takesinto account the machine learning/deep learning assessment 4011,federated learning assessment 4012, machine learning and federatedlearning contributions 4013, and machine learning- and federatedlearning-based data currency allocation 4014. The machine learning andfederated learning contributions 4013 considers dataset contributions40131 including increment in gradients or parameters changes 401311 anddata precision/accuracy/coverage improvement 401312. The machinelearning- and federated learning-based data currency allocation 4014contains two submodules, allocation submodule 40141 and allocation ruleintegration module 40142. The allocation submodule 40141 considers thecompleteness and development of the model 401411, the processed or usedpercentage of input and label data 401412, and the improvement in modelaccuracy 401413.

The data acquisition, processing, and labeling 402 contains threesubsystems, historical data depreciation module 4021, dynamic andreal-time data valuation 4022, and rare and high-value data valuation4023. The historical data depreciation module 4021 contains astatistical distribution module for decay 40211. The dynamic andreal-time data valuation contains randomness of the dataset 40221, andpredictability of dataset from historical data 40222. The rare andhigh-value data valuation 4023 contains targeted data types 40231 andnumber of rare and high-value data occurrences/frequencies 40232. Thedata currency distribution 405 uses a data currency exchange platform403 for data application produce user group registration and management4031, which includes data contributors who upload raw data 40311, datacollector, surveyor, and buyer 40312, data processor and labeler 40313,data brokers and is reseller 40314, data application developer andoperator 40315, data application end user 40316, data analyst 40317, anddata user 40318.

As shown in FIG. 5 , the data currency exchange platform starting froman exchange function 501, a cryptocurrency transaction process function502, and a digital currency transactions logging and management system503. The exchange function 501 has two main subsystems: internal tradingsystem 5011 and external trading system 5012. The internal tradingsystem 5011 serves for two types of internal circulations: Data productsusing different data currency 50111 and different data products usingsame data currency 50112. The external trading system 5012 serves forexchange with other currencies, including other data currency 50121,real world currency 50122 and cryptocurrency 50123. The exchange ratemechanism 5013 in real time is served for fair trading between differentcurrencies.

The cryptocurrency transaction process function 502 comprises one ormore of: Initiate transaction process 5021, Secure transaction function5022, Point-to-point transaction 5023, Group-to-group transaction 5024,Validate process 5025, Certify process 5026, Recording process 5027, andtransferring 5028. The cryptocurrency transaction process function willinteract with exchange function through digital currency transactionslogging and management system 503. The data application produces usergroups registration and management system 504 contains one or more ofuser groups: Raw data contributor 5041, Data collector, surveyors,buyers 5042, Data processor and labeler 5043, Data broker and reseller5044, Data application developer/operator 5045, Data application enduser 5046, Data analyst 5047, and Data user through digital currencytrader 5048. Between exchange function 501 and data application produceuser groups registration and management system 504, there are smartmulti-party contracting 505 and security and user protection module 506to execute exchange process and ensure the security of the exchangeprocess.

As shown in FIG. 6 , the data currency operation and transaction systemhas five layers: user layer 601, application layer 602, data currencylater 603, transaction and contract layer 604, security and regulationlayer 605. The user layer 601 provide the functions for use to engagethe data currency transaction system with initiate, approve and verifytransfers and trades 6011, provide initial price and smart contractoffer 6012 of data currency, and build and/or maintain user community6013. The application layer 602 provides the functions to support allthe applications in the data currency operation and transaction system,which comprises an application development interface with other digitalcurrency 6021, an is application development interface with trading andtransaction 6022, Initial Coin Offering (ICO) and/or holding crowd sale6023, and provide official release, transaction, operation, andmaintenance 6024 from the first time release activity to a long termoperation of data currency.

The user layer 601 engage the data currency operation and transactionsystem through the application layer 602. The data currency layer 603comprising of all the necessary components of data currency, including ablockchain platform 6031 to provide global verifiable ledgers, a datacurrency token standard and template 6032, a smart testing process 6033to deploy tests on a testnet, deploy smart contract and verify sourcecode, and a documentation module 6034 to document data and applicationproducts, AI model structure, parameter, performance metrics, and keepall the records. The data currency layer 603 interacts with theapplication layer 602 to operate and/or distribute, and/or allocate.

The transaction and contract layer 604 provide the functions for datacurrency operation and transaction, comprising of a smart contractmodule 6041, a transaction management module 6042, a digital wallet 6043to store and collect data currency, a satisfy factor authentication 6044and a security keys maintenance 6045. The transaction and contract layer604 provide the operation and transaction functions for data currencylayer 603. The security and regulation layer 605 comprising of securityfunctions and provide regulation requirements for user layer 601,application layer 602, data currency layer 603, and transaction andcontract layer 604.

The security and regulation layer 605 provides an encryption and cybersecurity module 6051, which comprises of an information security module60511 for the central and individual data currency information security,an anti-theft and anti-piracy 60512 system for the management of datasources, and a digital oversight system 60513 to implement regulatoryrequirements by government agencies. The security and regulation layer605 is used to enforce trading and transaction rules and regulatoryrequirement 6052 and monitor and maintain timing record of transaction6053 for the transaction and contract layer 604. The security andregulation layer 605 provide a data currency intellectual propertyprotection and disclosure system 5044 for the data currency layer 603.The security and regulation layer 605 provides whites papers, laws, andregulations for user layer 601 and application layer 602.

In one or more embodiments, as described in FIG. 1 , the data currencysystem starts from the healthcare and medical data acquired throughinterfaces developed for hospitals (1031), individuals themselves(1032), public agencies (1033), and families and communities is inputinterfaces (1034). Hospitals (1031) can upload anonymous medical dataand records and/or match medical data or records with data currencyplatform participants or contributors with data disclosure consent.Individuals (1032) can use personal interfaces to upload data, whichinclude real-time or periodic synchronization interfaces for wearabledevices, web interfaces for reporting symptoms, medical or familyhistory, exercise or treatment routines, and medical events, manualuploading of medical records, and/or granting access to one's health andmedical records. Public agencies (1033) such as public healthorganizations, emergency response agencies, industrial associations, andorganizations can also link their public data sources or data feeds andupload aggregated population and health data according to agencyregulations, policies, and guidelines. Families and communities (1034)can also help contribute data for particular patients or healthy personswho opted into the human digital twin platforms by providing theirdescriptions, observations, medical exam or data records, and supporthistory for the patients or persons of interest.

The data quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) module (104) is usedto monitor and periodically report on the data quality and operationalquality. The module includes the revenue report interface, used tomonitor the data quality based on a quality metric system (1043) thatcovers different aspects of accuracy, popularity, sustainability,effectiveness, coverage, security, and others. The revenue metric system(1041) is used to track all potential revenue streams, and the costmetric system (1042) is used to account for all the related costs ofacquiring, creating, processing, modeling, and using the data products.

The QA/QC and reporting module will interact with the model andapplication training module (101) that can operate in two modes, themachine learning mode and the federated learning model. In machinelearning training (1011), all the raw data are sent to a centralizedserver at the digital human medical and healthcare data platform andartificial intelligence models are calibrated by directly inputting theraw data and labels. Federated learning training (1012) is used when theraw data may have issues to be sent directly the digital human dataplatforms due to privacy and security concerns of differentparticipating entities. In federated learning training (1012), the rawdata are kept behind the firewall of participating entities, and thetraining of the AI models is conducted at servers deployed inside thefirewall of those entities, and only the trained parameters and weightsare provided to digital human data platforms where those weights andparameters will be integrated with other training results. At the coreof the currency system (102) is the data currency and valuation system(1023) will execute the main data currency generation and pooling(10232), feature-based valuation (10231), the hosting of main datacurrency unit lots (10233), the allocation and distribution of the datacurrency (10234) to the data contributors. Once received, those datacontributors become the owners and potential traders of the datacurrency. The data currency trade and exchange platform (106) is thenestablished to handle the currency trading and interact with theapplications and models in the human digital twin platform (107).

In one or more embodiments, as described in FIG. 2 , the data currencyvaluation system uses the data valuation module (201) to determine valuedeprecation (202) and value appreciation (203) and affect data currencyunit (204). Increased repeated and outdated dataset (2021), increasedbad records in data production (2022), leaking, counterfeit, and illegalusage of the raw or confidential dataset (2023), reduced effective datausage (2024), and data currency trading related price decrease (2025)result in the value deprecation (202). The factors that will cause valueappreciation (203) include timeliness (2031), high-frequency effectivedata usage (2032), new drug, device/new treatment (2033), public healthvalue (2034), data processing, computing, and production cost (2035),cyber security improvement (2036), data assisted AI model andapplication performance improvement (2037), and data currency tradingrelated price increase (2038).

As shown in FIG. 3 , the data currency volume system has a new datacurrency module (301), a parameter/gradient update module (302), ahashing system (303), a data currency pooling system (304), ablockchain-enabled global ledger system (305) and a data currencyassignment module (306). The new data currency module (301) can betriggered every time a new data currency is generated. The triggeringprinciples include new data calibration convergence (3011), mew modelcalibration convergence (3012), new optimization method calibrationconvergence (3013). The parameter/gradient update module (302) is totrack the improvement of accuracy (3021), convergence (3022), andperformance metrics (3023), which are the principle of the data currencyallocation and distribution.

The hashing system (303) is to generate unique data currency lot ID(3031) based on the parameter/gradient update module (302). Therefore,each improvement activity will have a unique hashing encryption code torecord. The new data currency pooling system (304) is to record andstore new data currency generated in new data currency module (301) andparameter/gradient update module (302). Namely, it can record/store newdata currency is (3041), record/store status of new parameter/gradientcombination (3042) and record/store status of corresponding performancecombination (3043). The blockchain-enabled global ledger system (305) isto register the data currency generation (3051) and pooling each roundupdate activity (3052) from new data currency pooling system (304). Thedata currency assignment module (306) is to distribute new data currencylots (3061) to all the contributors. In addition, the data currencyvolume system also has a calibration module (307). The calibrationmodule is calibration dataset oriented (3071), an evolution treestructure for large-scale parameter (3072) to compress and tokenization,and to form unique encryption keys/tokens (3073) to map the uniquenessof the structure and the uniqueness of data nodes.

In one or more embodiment, as described in FIG. 4 , the data currencycontribution system uses valued data products (404) to determine thedata currency distribution (405). The valued data products (404) includea subsystem for federated and machine learning (401) and a subsystem fordata acquisition, processing, and labeling (402). The subsystem forfederated and machine learning (401) takes into account the machinelearning/deep learning assessment (4011), federated learning assessment(4012), machine learning and federated learning contributions (4013),and machine learning- and federated learning-based data currencyallocation (4014). The machine learning and federated learningcontributions (4013) considers dataset contributions (40131) includingincrement in gradients or parameters changes (401311) and dataprecision/accuracy/coverage improvement (401312).

The machine learning- and federated learning-based data currencyallocation (4014) contains two submodules, allocation submodule (40141)and allocation rule integration module (40142). The allocation submodule(40141) considers the completeness and development of the model(401411), the processed or used percentage of input and label data(401412), and the improvement in model accuracy (401413). The dataacquisition, processing, and labeling (402) contains three subsystems,historical data depreciation module (4021), dynamic and real-time datavaluation (4022), and rare and high-value data valuation (4023). Thehistorical data depreciation module (4021) contains a statisticaldistribution module for decay (40211). The dynamic and real-time datavaluation contains randomness of the dataset (40221), and predictabilityof dataset from historical data (40222). The rare and high-value datavaluation (4023) contains targeted data types (40231) and number of rareand high-value data occurrences/frequencies (40232). The data currencydistribution (405) uses a data currency exchange platform (403) for dataapplication to produce user group registration and management (4031),which includes data contributors who upload raw data (40311), datacollector, surveyor, and buyer (40312), data processor and labeler(40313), data brokers and reseller (40314), data application developerand operator (40315), data application end user (40316), data analyst(40317), and data user (40318).

As shown in FIG. 5 , the data currency exchange platform starting froman exchange function (501), a cryptocurrency transaction processfunction (502), and a digital currency transactions logging andmanagement system (503). The exchange function (501) has two mainsubsystems: internal trading system (5011) and external trading system(5012). The internal trading system (5011) serves for two types ofinternal circulations: Data products using different data currency(50111) and different data products using same data currency (50112).The external trading system (5012) serves for exchange with othercurrencies, including other data currency (50121), real world currency(50122) and cryptocurrency (50123). Wherein, the exchange rate mechanism(5013) in real time is served for fair trading between differentcurrencies. The cryptocurrency transaction process function (502)comprising one or more of: Initiate transaction process (5021), Securetransaction function (5022), Point-to-point transaction (5023),Group-to-group transaction (5024), Validate process (5025), Certifyprocess (5026), Recording process (5027), and transferring (5028). Thecryptocurrency transaction process function will interact with exchangefunction through digital currency transactions logging and managementsystem (503).

The data application produces user groups registration and managementsystem (504) containing one or more user groups: Raw data contributor(5041), Data collector, surveyors, buyers (5042), Data processor andlabeler (5043), Data broker and reseller (5044), Data applicationdeveloper/operator (5045), Data application end user (5046), Dataanalyst (5047), and Data user through digital currency trader (5048).Between exchange function (501) and data application produce user groupsregistration and management system (504), there are smart multi-partycontracting (505) and security and user protection module (506) toexecute exchange process and ensure the security of the exchangeprocess.

As shown in FIG. 6 , the data currency operation and transaction systemhas five layers: user layer (601), application layer (602), datacurrency later (603), transaction and contract layer (604), and securityand regulation layer (605). The user layer (601) provides the functionsfor users to engage the data currency transaction system with initiate,approve, and verify transfers and trades (6011), provide initial priceand smart contract offer (6012) of data currency, and build and/ormaintain user community (6013).

The application layer (602) provides the functions to support all theapplications in the data currency operation and transaction system,which comprises an application development interface with other digitalcurrency (6021), an application development interface with trading andtransaction (6022), Initial Coin Offering (ICO) and/or holding crowdsale (6023), and provide official release, transaction, operation andmaintenance (6024) from the first time release activity to a long termoperation of data currency. The user layer (601) engages the datacurrency operation and transaction system through the application layer(602).

The data currency layer (603) comprising of all the necessary componentsof data currency, including a blockchain platform (6031) to provideglobal verifiable ledgers, a data currency token standard, and template(6032), a smart testing process (6033) to deploy tests on a testnet,deploy smart contract and verify source code, and a documentation module(6034) to document data and application products, AI model structure,parameter, performance metrics, and keep all the records. The datacurrency layer (603) interacts with the application layer (602) tooperate and/or distribute, and/or allocate. The transaction and contractlayer (604) provide the functions for data currency operation andtransaction, comprising of a smart contract module (6041), a transactionmanagement module (6042), a digital wallet (6043) to store and collectdata currency, a satisfy factor authentication (6044) and a securitykeys maintenance (6045).

The transaction and contract layer (604) provide the operation andtransaction functions for data currency layer (603). The security andregulation layer (605) comprising of security functions and provideregulation requirements for user layer (601), application layer (602),data currency layer (603), and transaction and contract layer (604). Thesecurity and regulation layer (605) provides an encryption and cybersecurity module (6051), which comprises an information security module(60511) for the central and individual data currency informationsecurity, an anti-theft and anti-piracy (60512) system for themanagement of data sources, and a digital oversight system (60513) toimplement regulatory requirements by government agencies. The securityand regulation layer (605) is used to enforce trading and transactionrules and regulatory requirement (6052) and monitor and maintain timingrecords of transaction (6053) for the transaction and contract layer(604). The security and regulation layer (605) provides a data currencyintellectual property protection and disclosure system (5044) for the isdata currency layer (603). The security and regulation layer (605)provides whites papers, laws, and regulations for user layer (601) andapplication layer (602).

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FIG. 1 illustrates the system, interact and subsystem of data currencysystem for digital human healthcare and medical data exchange,analytics, and applications.

-   -   101: Model and application training module    -   102: Currency system    -   103: Data acquisition module    -   104: Data QA/QC and reporting module    -   105: Data currency owners and traders    -   106: Data currency trade and exchange platform    -   107: Human digital twin health and medical care platform    -   1011: Machine learning training    -   1012: Federated learning training    -   1021: World currency    -   1022: Cryptocurrency    -   1023: Data currency and valuation system    -   1024: Image data upload interface    -   1031: Hospital interface    -   1032: Personal interface    -   1033: Public agency interface    -   1034: Social interface    -   1041: Data revenue metric system    -   1042: Data cost metric system    -   1043: Data quality metric system    -   10231: Data feature-based valuation module    -   10232: Data currency generation and pooling    -   10233: Data currency unit lots    -   10234: Data currency allocation and distribution

FIG. 2 illustrates the procedure of data currency valuation factors.

-   -   201: Data Valuation Module    -   202: Value Deprecation    -   203: Value Appreciation    -   204: Data Currency Unit    -   2021: Increased Repeated and Outdated Dataset    -   2022: Increased Bad Records in Data Production    -   2023: Leaking, Counterfeit, and Illegal Usage of the Raw or        Confidential Dataset    -   2024: Reduced Effective Data Usage    -   2025: Data Currency Trading Related Price Decrease    -   2031: Timeliness    -   2032: High-Frequency Effective Data Usage    -   2033: New Drug, Device/New Treatment    -   2034: Public Health Value    -   2035: Data Processing, Computing, and Production Cost    -   2036: Cyber Security Improvement    -   2037: Data-Assisted AI Model and Application Performance        Improvement    -   2038: Data Currency Trading Related Price Increase

FIG. 3 illustrates the procedure of data currency volume system.

-   -   301: New data currency module    -   302: Parameter/Gradient update module    -   303: Hashing system    -   304: Data currency pooling system    -   305: Blockchain-enabled global ledger    -   306: Data currency assignment module    -   307: Calibration module    -   3011: New data calibration convergence    -   3012: New model calibration convergence    -   3013: New optimization method calibration convergence    -   3021: Track accuracy improvement    -   3022: Track convergence improvement    -   3023: Track performance metrics improvement    -   3031: Generate unique data currency lot ID    -   3041: Record/Store new data currency    -   3042: Record/Store status of new parameter/gradient combination    -   3043: Record/Store status of corresponding performance gain    -   3051: Register data currency generation    -   3052: Pooling each round update activity    -   3061: Distribute new data currency lots    -   3071: Calibration dataset oriented    -   3072: Evolution tree structure for large-scale parameter setting    -   3073: Form unique encryption keys/tokens FIG. 4 illustrates the        factors of data currency contribution.    -   401: Federated and Machine Learning    -   402: Data Acquisition, Processing, and Labeling    -   403: Data Currency Exchange Platform    -   404: Valued Data Products    -   405: Data Currency Distribution    -   4011: Machine Learning/Deep learning assessment    -   4012: Federated Learning Assessment    -   4013: Machine Learning and Federated Learning Contributions    -   4014: Machine Learning- and Federated Learning-Based Data        Currency Allocation    -   4021: Historical data Depreciation Module    -   4022: Dynamic and Real-time Data Valuation    -   4023: Rare and High-value Data Valuation    -   4031: Data Application Produce User Group Registration and        Management    -   40131: Dataset Contributions    -   40141: Allocation Submodule    -   40142: Allocation Rule Integration Module    -   40211: Statistical Distribution Module for Decay    -   40221: Randomness of the Dataset    -   40222: Predictability of Dataset from Historical Data    -   40231: Targeted Data Types    -   40232: Number of Rare and High-value Data        Occurrences/Frequencies    -   40311: Data Contributor who Upload Raw Data    -   40312: Data Collector, Surveyor, and Buyer    -   40313: Data Processor and Labeler    -   40314: Data Brokers and Reseller    -   40315: Data Application Developer and Operator    -   40316: Data Application End User    -   40317: Data Analyst    -   40318: Data User    -   401311: Increment in Gradients or Parameters changes    -   401312: Data Precision/Accuracy/Coverage Improvement    -   401411: Completeness and development of the model    -   401412: Processed or Used Percentage of Input and Label Data    -   401413: Improvement in Model Accuracy

FIG. 5 illustrates the trade platform and distribution of data currency.

-   -   501: Exchange function    -   502: Cryptocurrency transaction process function    -   503: Digital currency transactions logging and management system    -   504: Data application produce user groups registration and        management system    -   505: Smart multi-party contracting    -   506: Security and user protection module    -   5011: Internal trading system    -   5012: External trading system    -   5013: Exchange rate mechanism    -   5021: Initiate transaction process    -   5022: Secure transaction function    -   5023: Point-to-point transaction    -   5024: Group-to-group transaction    -   5025: Validate process    -   5026: Certified process    -   5027: Recording process    -   5028: Transferring    -   5041: Raw data contributor    -   5042: Data collector, surveyors, buyers    -   5043: Data processor and labeler    -   5044: Data broker and reseller    -   5045: Data application developer/operator    -   5046: Data application end user    -   5047: Data analyst    -   5048: Data user through digital currency trader    -   50111: Data products using different data currency    -   50112: Difference data products using same data currency    -   50121: Other data currency    -   50122: Real world currency    -   50123: Cryptocurrency

FIG. 6 illustrates the operation and transaction system of datacurrency.

-   -   601: User layer    -   602: Application layer    -   603: Data currency layer    -   604: Transaction and contract layer    -   605: Security and regulation layer    -   6011: Initiate, approve and verify    -   6012: Initial price and smart contract offer    -   6013: Build and/or Maintain user community    -   6021: Application development interface with other digital        currency    -   6022: Application development interface with trading and        transaction    -   6023: Initial coin offering (ICO) and/or holding crowd sale    -   6024: Official release, transaction, operation and maintenance    -   6031: Blockchain platform    -   6032: Data currency token standard and template    -   6033: Smart testing process    -   6034: Documentation module    -   6041: Smart contracts module    -   6042: Transaction management module    -   6043: Digital wallet    -   6044: Satisfy factor authentication    -   6045: Security keys maintenance    -   6051: Encryption and cyber security module    -   6052: Enforce trading and transaction rules and regulatory        requirement    -   6053: Monitor and maintain timing record of transaction    -   6054: Data currency intellectual property protection and        disclosure system    -   6055: White papers, laws, and regulations    -   60511: Information security module    -   60512: Anti-theft and anti-piracy    -   60513: Digital oversight system

To aid in understanding the detailed description of the compositions andmethods according to the disclosure, a few express definitions areprovided to facilitate an unambiguous disclosure of the various aspectsof the disclosure. Unless otherwise defined, all technical andscientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonlyunderstood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this disclosurebelongs.

The terms “memory,” “memory device,” “computer-readable storage medium,”“data store,” “data storage facility,” and the like each refer to anon-transitory device on which computer-readable data, programminginstructions or both are stored. Except where specifically statedotherwise, the terms “memory,” “memory device,” “computer-readablestorage medium,” “data store,” “data storage facility,” and the like areintended to include single device embodiments, embodiments in whichmultiple memory devices together or collectively store a set of data orinstructions, as well as individual sectors within such devices.

The terms “processor” and “processing device” refer to a hardwarecomponent of an electronic device that is configured to executeprogramming instructions. Except where specifically stated otherwise,the singular term “processor” or “processing device” is intended toinclude both single-processing device embodiments and embodiments inwhich multiple processing devices together or collectively perform aprocess.

The terms “instructions” and “programs” may be used interchangeablyherein. The instructions may be stored in object code format for directprocessing by the processor, or in any other computing device language,including scripts or collections of independent source code modules thatare interpreted on demand or compiled in advance. Functions, methods,and routines of the instructions are explained in more detail below. Theinstructions may be any set of instructions to be executed directly(such as machine code) or indirectly (such as scripts) by the processor.For example, the instructions may be stored as computing device code onthe computing device-readable medium.

In addition, the terms “unit,” “-er,” “—or,” and “module” described inthe specification mean units for processing at least one function andoperation, and can be implemented by hardware components or softwarecomponents and combinations thereof.

The computer-readable storage medium can be a tangible device that canretain and store instructions for use by an instruction executiondevice. The computer-readable storage medium may be, for example, but isnot limited to, an electronic storage device, a magnetic storage device,an optical storage device, an electromagnetic storage device, asemiconductor storage device, or any suitable combination of theforegoing. A non-exhaustive list of more specific examples of thecomputer-readable storage medium includes the following: a portablecomputer diskette, a hard disk, a random access memory (RAM), aread-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROMor Flash memory), a static random is access memory (SRAM), a portablecompact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), a digital versatile disk (DVD),a memory stick, a floppy disk, a mechanically encoded device such aspunch-cards or raised structures in a groove having instructionsrecorded thereon, and any suitable combination of the foregoing. Acomputer-readable storage medium, as used herein, is not to be construedas being transitory signals per se, such as radio waves or other freelypropagating electromagnetic waves, electromagnetic waves propagatingthrough a waveguide or other transmission media (e.g., light pulsespassing through a fiber-optic cable), or electrical signals transmittedthrough a wire.

Computer-readable program instructions described herein can bedownloaded to respective computing/processing devices from acomputer-readable storage medium or to an external computer or externalstorage device via a network, for example, the Internet, a local areanetwork, a wide area network and/or a wireless network. The network maycomprise copper transmission cables, optical transmission fibers,wireless transmission, routers, firewalls, switches, gateway computersand/or edge servers. A network adapter card or network interface in eachcomputing/processing device receives computer-readable programinstructions from the network and forwards the computer-readable programinstructions for storage in a computer-readable storage medium withinthe respective computing/processing device.

Computer-readable program instructions for carrying out operations ofthe present invention may be assembler instructions,instruction-set-architecture (ISA) instructions, machine instructions,machine-dependent instructions, microcode, firmware instructions,state-setting data, or either source code or object code written in anycombination of one or more programming languages, including anobject-oriented programming language such as

Smalltalk, C++ or the like, and conventional procedural programminglanguages, such as the “C” programming language or similar programminglanguages. The computer-readable program instructions may executeentirely on the user's computer, partly on the user's computer, as astand-alone software package, partly on the user's computer and partlyon a remote computer or entirely on the remote computer or server. Inthe latter scenario, the remote computer may be connected to the user'scomputer through any type of network, including a local area network(LAN) or a wide area network (WAN), or the connection may be made to anexternal computer (for example, through the Internet using an InternetService Provider). In some embodiments, electronic circuitry including,for example, programmable logic circuitry, is field-programmable gatearrays (FPGA), or programmable logic arrays (PLA) may execute thecomputer readable program instructions by utilizing state information ofthe computer readable program instructions to personalize the electroniccircuitry, in order to perform aspects of the present invention.

These computer-readable program instructions may be provided to aprocessor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, orother programmable data processing apparatus to produce a machine, suchthat the instructions, which execute via the processor of the computeror other programmable data processing apparatus, create means forimplementing the functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or blockdiagram block or blocks. These computer-readable program instructionsmay also be stored in a computer-readable storage medium that can directa computer, a programmable data processing apparatus, and/or otherdevices to function in a particular manner, such that thecomputer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereincomprises an article of manufacture including instructions whichimplement aspects of the function/act specified in the flowchart and/orblock diagram block or blocks.

The computer-readable program instructions may also be loaded onto acomputer, other programmable data processing apparatus, or other deviceto cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer,other programmable apparatus or other device to produce acomputer-implemented process, such that the instructions which executeon the computer, other programmable apparatus, or other device implementthe functions/acts specified in the flowchart and/or block diagram blockor blocks.

Aspects of the present disclosure are described herein with reference toflowchart illustrations and/or block diagrams of methods, apparatus(systems), and computer program products according to embodiments of theinvention. In some embodiments, the flowchart and block diagrams in theFigures illustrate the architecture, functionality, and operation ofpossible implementations of systems, methods, and computer programproducts according to various embodiments of the present invention. Inthis regard, each block in the flowchart or block diagrams may representa module, a segment, or a portion of instructions, which comprises oneor more executable instructions for implementing the specified logicalfunction(s). In some alternative implementations, the functions noted inthe blocks may occur out of the order noted in the Figures. For example,two blocks shown in succession may, in fact, be executed substantiallyconcurrently, or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverseorder, is depending upon the functionality involved. It will also benoted that each block of the block diagrams and/or flowchartillustration, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams and/orflowchart illustration, can be implemented by special purposehardware-based systems that perform the specified functions or acts orcarry out combinations of special purpose hardware and computerinstructions.

Unless specifically stated otherwise, it is appreciated that throughoutthe disclosure, descriptions utilizing terms such as “obtaining,”“performing,” “receiving,” “computing,” “associating,” “assigning,”“traversing,” “calculating,” “determining,” “identifying,”“transforming,” “ranking,” “providing,” “transmitting,” or the like,refer to the action and processes of a computer system, or similarelectronic computing device, that manipulates and transforms datarepresented as physical (or electronic) quantities within the computersystem memories or registers or other such information storage,transmission or display devices.

As used herein, the term “logistic regression” is a regression model forbinary data from statistics where the logit of the probability that thedependent variable is equal to one is modeled as a linear function ofthe dependent variables.

As used herein, the term “neural network” is a machine learning modelfor classification or regression consisting of multiple layers of lineartransformations followed by element-wise nonlinearities typicallytrained via stochastic gradient descent and back-propagation.

The term “machine learning,” as used herein, refers to a computeralgorithm used to extract useful information from a database by buildingprobabilistic models in an automated way.

The term “regression tree,” as used herein, refers to a decision treethat predicts values of continuous variables.

It will be understood that, although the terms “first,” “second,” etc.,may be used herein to describe various elements, components, regions,layers and/or sections. These elements, components, regions, layersand/or sections should not be limited by these terms. These terms areonly used to distinguish one element, component, region, layer orsection from another element, component, region, layer or section. Thus,a first element, component, region, layer or section discussed belowcould be termed a second element, component, region, layer or sectionwithout departing from the teachings of example embodiments.

It is noted here that, as used in this specification and the appendedclaims, the singular is forms “a,” “an,” and “the” include pluralreference unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

The terms “including,” “comprising,” “containing,” or “having” andvariations thereof are meant to encompass the items listed thereafterand equivalents thereof as well as additional subject matter unlessotherwise noted.

The phrases “in one embodiment,” “in various embodiments,” “in someembodiments,” and the like are used repeatedly. Such phrases do notnecessarily refer to the same embodiment, but they may unless thecontext dictates otherwise.

The terms “and/or” or “/” means any one of the items, any combination ofthe items, or all of the items with which this term is associated.

As used herein, the term “each,” when used in reference to a collectionof items, is intended to identify an individual item in the collectionbut does not necessarily refer to every item in the collection.Exceptions can occur if explicit disclosure or context clearly dictatesotherwise.

The use of any and all examples, or exemplary language (e.g., “such as”)provided herein, is intended merely to better illuminate the inventionand does not pose a limitation on the scope of the invention unlessotherwise claimed. No language in the specification should be construedas indicating any non-claimed element as essential to the practice ofthe invention.

All methods described herein are performed in any suitable order unlessotherwise indicated herein or otherwise clearly contradicted by context.In regard to any of the methods provided, the steps of the method mayoccur simultaneously or sequentially. When the steps of the method occursequentially, the steps may occur in any order, unless noted otherwise.

In cases in which a method comprises a combination of steps, each andevery combination or sub-combination of the steps is encompassed withinthe scope of the disclosure, unless otherwise noted herein.

Each publication, patent application, patent, and other reference citedherein is incorporated by reference in its entirety to the extent thatit is not inconsistent with the present disclosure. Publicationsdisclosed herein are provided solely for their disclosure prior to thefiling date of the present invention. Nothing herein is to be construedas an admission that the present invention is not entitled to antedatesuch publication by virtue of prior invention.

Further, the dates of publication provided may be different from theactual publication dates which may need to be independently confirmed.

It is understood that the examples and embodiments described herein arefor illustrative purposes only and that various modifications or changesin light thereof will be suggested to persons skilled in the art and areto be included within the spirit and purview of this application andscope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A medical and healthcare service platform,wherein the medical and healthcare service platform is supported by adigital data currency system and provides medical and healthcare dataprocessing, analyzing, and predicting based on a digital human system byintegrating participating parties comprising individual persons,researchers, healthcare providers, and regulatory and public sectors,wherein the medical and healthcare service platform comprising: adigital human replica system that constructs a digital human replica toprovide virtual representation, modeling, and visualization servicesbased on present and past medical and health data of physical persons; adigital human simuli system that constructs a digital human simuli toprovide virtual simulation and modeling of future health andphysiological evolution of a physical person based on the present andpast medical and health data; a digital human agent system thatrepresents virtual medical and health service professionals withspecialties and functions, wherein the virtual medical and healthcareservice professionals are formed based on professional knowledge andcapabilities, specialties, and experiences of physical medical andhealthcare professionals and characteristics and specialties ofnon-medical and healthcare professionals or practitioners; and a digitalhuman data acquisition system that collects biometric identification andmedical-related data, wherein the digital data currency system awardsdata sharing and contributions in a full ecosystem of data generationcomprising data processing, data cleaning and denoising, data encryptionand anonymization, data labeling and calibration, and data analytics,data contributions related to medical and healthcare services; andservices provided by medical and healthcare professionals from clinicalpractices, drug companies from laboratories or clinical trial data, andacademic researchers from research work, wherein the digital humanreplica system receives input data from the human data acquisitionsystem for both a target physical person and other persons with similarbiomedical, social-demographical, occupational, and lifestylecharacteristics for building, calibrating, and customizing the digitalhuman simuli system for the target physical person to simulate thegrowing and aging, disease events, injury events, and their reactions tomedicines and treatment plans, wherein the digital human agent systemcreates a special digital human replica of actions, treatment plans, anddecision makings of medical and healthcare professionals, the digitalhuman agent system configured to execute simulated medical, care, andhealth services as an intervention based on simulation in a digitalhuman simuli model of the digital human simuli system, wherein thedigital human stimuli and the digital human agent system are integratedto perform model optimization to select and determine an optimaltreatment or support plan to achieve an optimal health and medicaloutcome, wherein the digital human digital data currency system awardsdigital currency for data contribution by the participating parties whointerface with the digital human data acquisition system and whereindata contribution results in improvement of performance of the digitalhuman simuli system and the digital human agent system, and wherein thedigital human digital data currency system comprises a data currencyvaluation subsystem that provides dynamic quotes of a digital currencybased on values of corresponding data in the digital human digital datacurrency system.
 2. The medical and healthcare service platform of claim1, wherein the digital human digital data currency system furthercomprises: i) a medical data input interface for data uploading andtransferring from hospitals, individuals, public agencies, families, andcommunities, ii) a data feature-based value evaluation subsystem thatdefines data currency valuation based on timeliness, acquisition orprocessing cost of data, frequency of data usage, new medical healthadvances including new artificial intelligence (AI) models, drugs,treatment, and medical devices, public and community health valueincrease, and data quality and security related dynamic features, iii) adata quality assurance and quality control subsystem that ensuresconsistency and standards of data products, iv) a data currency volumeand ownership assignment subsystem that generates new data currencybased on AI model performance improvement and distributes generatedcurrency based on contributions of all participants of providing,processing, cleaning, and modeling data, v) a data acquisition,processing, and labeling contribution assessment subsystem that conductsproduction of cleaned, anonymized, labeled datasets for healthcare AImodels and applications, vi) a hybrid federated and machine learningbased contribution assessment system to assess contributions of datacontributors with different direct data sharing or indirect AI modelweights sharing for improving healthcare AI model and applications. 3.The medical and healthcare service platform of claim 2, wherein themedical data input interface is configured to collect medical relateddata and comprises: a hospital interface for uploading and transferringof medical records from doctors and hospital data center, a personalinterface for individual to upload real-time or historical wearablehealthcare device data, medical exam results, and direct text- oraudio-based inputs, a public agency interface to collect anonymous datacollected from health checkpoint and population, and a family andcommunity interface for uploading case-by-case descriptions and audioand video data.
 4. The medical and healthcare service platform of claim1, wherein the data currency valuation subsystem uses data features fordetermining initial data value evaluation, the data features comprising:data types or categories for application; data stage of medicine trials;infectious disease severity designations; individual disease stagedesignation; data sources; social demographics; data fields; datacoverage; data volume; or data resolution.
 5. The medical and healthcareservice platform of claim 1, wherein the data currency valuationsubsystem determines monetary tokenized valuation for healthcare-relateddata, and wherein: a) value appreciation is determined by one or more ofthe following factors: timeliness of new or real-time data, whereinvalue of the data positively correlates with timeliness of the data;high-frequency effective data usage; a new drug, device, or treatmentcreated or discovered; a public health value added through contributionsto new community and public health solutions to detect and controlspreading and outbreak an infectious disease; data processing,computing, and production cost in a full data production process; cybersecurity improvement to enhance data security and improved counterfeitcountermeasures; data-assisted AI model and application performanceimprovement such as accuracy and coverage; and data currency tradingrelated price increase; or b) value deprecation is determined by one ormore of the following factors: increased number of repeated or outdateddatasets that do not provide new or useful information for healthcaremodel and application improvement; increased number of bad records indata production comprising missing data, fake data, or biased data;leaking, counterfeit, and illegal usage of raw or confidential datasetsthat lead to legal, technological, societal, and sale challenges ofdatasets in practices of healthcare model and application; reducedeffective data usage by models and applications; and data currencytrading related price decrease.
 6. The medical and healthcare serviceplatform of claim 1, wherein the data currency valuation subsystemdetermines value evaluation of medical-related data based on one or moreof data features comprising: a) standardization module of dataproduction from raw data formatting, data processing procedure, analyticand labeling tools and functionality specifications, and dataperformance and quality assurance and control; b) data qualityassessment metrics comprising: comparison to validation and/ordiagnostics datasets; detection or diagnostic accuracies; recovery ratesand quality assessment; death, incidents, severe damage, injuries, orparalyzation rate; c) erroneous and false data detection and correctionmethods comprising: sensor error and malfunctions; human input error orvagueness; or text and handwriting recognition error; and d)multi-dataset cross-validation mechanisms comprising: spatial-temporalmatching; correlation matching; or pattern matching between similarpopulation groups.
 7. The medical and healthcare service platform ofclaim 6, wherein the data quality assurance and quality control, andreporting subsystem comprises a periodic data quality reporting systemthat reports one or more of: a) cost of data production and maintenancecomprising one or more of: data generation and/or acquisition cost, datacleaning and labeling cost, data analytic cost, data storage cost, dataapplication cost, and security, certification, or oversight cost; b)number of applications and application revenue and monetization resultsin a reporting period comprising one or more of data applicationsubscription and membership revenues; data application service revenues;data currency trading revenues; monetized values of derived productssuch as new drugs, treatment methods, derived data applications; andmoney savings for families, agencies, and communities compared withprior applications or methods; and c) a data product quality metricsystem comprising one or more of: i) output versus input instance ratiosdefined as a ratio between application service instances over number ofinput data instances in a reporting period; ii) data growth capabilitydefined by processed, labeled, and calibration-consumed data versusnewly acquired or produced data rate based on size of training data setto achieve a latest model divided by a rate of new data acquisitionthrough applications; iii) incremental data benefit gains to keep trackof different stages of data and application matureness, especially,monitoring mature datasets entering a long-tail stage where increaseddata consumption is needed to gain performance improvement of trained AImodels and applications; iv) user growth potentials based on a growthrate of users of healthcare products or applications produced by thedata, average cost per user data acquisition and production, and usageactivity data based on active user engagement time and interactions; andv) data supported models, publications, and application increasingrates.
 8. The medical and healthcare service platform of claim 1,wherein the data currency volume and ownership assignment systemallocates and distributes currency based on each round of optimizationof parameters and gradients of the AI model, and wherein the datacurrency volume and ownership assignment system comprises one or moreof: a) a new data currency module that is generated with every round ofcalibration converges triggered by new data, new model, new optimizationmethod; b) a parameter or gradient update module to keep track ofperformance improvement in accuracy, coverage, and other performancemetrics of the data; c) a hashing system that generate unique datacurrency lot ID based with creating a hash code corresponding to updatedmodel performance metrics, parameters, or gradients; d) a data currencypooling system to record and store new data currency lots and status ofa new gradient or parameter combination and corresponding performancegains; e) a blockchain-enabled global ledger to register data currencygeneration and pooling activities with every round of such updates; andf) a data currency assignment module that distributes new data currencylots in a new currency pool to all contributors of calibration ortraining, including new data contributors to raw, labeled, and groundtruth data, computing resource providers for edge or cloud computingdepending on AI technology architectures, validators, data and filetransmission, or cyber security measures.
 9. The medical and healthcareservice platform of claim 8, wherein the data currency valuationsubsystem comprises a calibration data currency volume and ownershipassignment system comprising one or more of: calibration datasetsoriented; large-scale parameter settings that use a tree structure tocompress and tokenization; and all sets of parameters to be created in away that follows an evolution tree; and new currency key or token withencryption essentially mapping uniqueness of structure and uniqueness ofdata nodes to form a unique encryption key or token.
 10. The medical andhealthcare service platform of claim 8, wherein the data acquisition,processing, and labeling contribution assessment system comprises one ormore of: a) historical data depreciation methods by using statisticaldistribution models for modeling and calibrating decay with respect totime; b) dynamic and real-time data valuation methods for determiningrandomness of datasets or predictability of the datasets from historicaldata; and c) rare and high-value data valuation metrics comprisingtargeted data types, number of rare, high-value data occurrences, orfrequencies.
 11. The medical and healthcare service platform of claim 1,wherein the data currency valuation subsystem comprises a federated andmachine learning contribution assessment system comprising one or moreof: i) direct machine learning or deep learning assessment wherecurrency volume is allocated based on performance improvement of modelsand applications through centralized machine learning model calibrationwith direct raw data and data labels produced at a data center; ii) afederated learning assessment module that assesses currency volume onlybased on performance improvement and parameter, weight or gradientupdates from federated learning process where raw data are not sharedwith a data center; iii) machine learning and federated learningcontributions comprising: dataset contributions with respect toincrement in gradients or parameters changes or dataset contributions inimprovement of data precision, accuracy, or coverage; iv)machine-learning- and federated-learning-based data currency allocationbased on one or more of: a) an allocation submodule based oncompleteness and development of a model where allocation will increasewith higher average change rates of gradient or parameters in an AImodel as a result of a training process, and will decrease if averagechange in parameters or gradients of the model caused by the datasetused is not significant; b) an allocation submodule based on processedor used percentage of input and label data; c) an allocation submodulebased on improvement in model accuracy where allocation increases withlarger accuracy improvement beyond a pre-defined no-change thresholdspecified by a data product and decreases with smaller accuracyimprovement in trained models; and d) an allocation rule integrationmodule that determines final allocation based on a combined assessmentof the submodules set forth in a)-c) based on characteristics of dataproducts.
 12. The medical and healthcare service platform of claim 1,wherein the data currency valuation subsystem comprises a data currencyexchange platform comprising one or more of the followingfunctionalities: a) data application that produces user groupsregistration and management including one or more of: data contributorswho upload raw data; data collectors, surveyors, and buyers; dataprocessors and labelers; data brokers and resellers; data applicationdevelopers or operators; data application end users; data analysts thatproduce insights towards developing corresponding models andapplications; and data users through digital currency traders andtransactions; b) a data currency exchange cryptocurrency transactionprocess function comprising one or more of: initiate transactionprocess; secure transaction function; point-to-point transaction;transaction group-to-group; validate process; certify process; recordingprocess; and transferring; c) smart multi-party contracting among datacontributors; d) digital currency transactions logging and managementsystem; e) currency token circulation within an exchange platform; f)toke circulation and exchange with data currency from other exchangeplatforms or other currency or cryptocurrencies; and g) security anduser protection modules.
 13. The medical and healthcare service platformof claim 12, wherein the data currency exchange platform has a datacurrency exchange function for internal platform circulation, whereinwithin one data currency platform, data currency from different datacurrencies can be tradeable to be used to purchase or exchange dataproducts under other data currencies, wherein different types of dataproducts are purchased, exchanged, and acquired, using the same datacurrency, wherein for external exchange with other currencies, the datacurrency platform comprises an exchange module for data currencies fromother data currency exchange systems, an exchange module with worldcurrency with a specific exchange rate, or an exchange module with othercryptocurrencies, and wherein exchange rates are determined by one ormore of characteristics: an exchange rate system between different datacurrency types or similar data products under different data currency;exchange with world currency once money values are determined throughinitial valuation process; all data products have value, but not alldata products have transaction value; some data products are protectedand never tradeable; and a need to define a method for dividing dataproducts.
 14. The medical and healthcare service platform of claim 1,wherein the data currency valuation subsystem performs a data currencyglobal certification process that allows distributed systems to worktogether and stay secure for generating data currency, the data currencyglobal certification process comprising one or more of: a) Proof-of-Work(PoW) consensus mechanisms based on hours or result instances processed,analyzed, labeled, or computed by different data contributors; and b)Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus mechanisms based on data currencygeneration and allocation module outcomes.
 15. The medical andhealthcare service platform of claim 1, wherein the data currencyoperation and transaction subsystem comprises a data currencydevelopment framework for building, distribution, issuance, regulardisclosure, property rights protection, the data currency developmentframework comprising one or more of: a) encryption and cyber securitymodules that comprises central and individual data currency informationsecurity modules; anti-theft and anti-piracy management for datasources; and digital oversight system to implement regulatoryrequirements by government agencies; b) data currency blockchainplatform to provide global verifiable ledgers to document data currencytransactions and activities; c) data currency token or coin developmentmodules; d) data currency smart testing process comprising: deployingtokens on a testnet; deploying smart contracts; or verifying sourcecode; e) data currency smart contracts and wallet modules for individualdata currency keeping and exchange, which performs one or moreoperations of: (i) transaction management of smart contracts; (ii)initiating, approving, and verifying transfers or trades; (iii)satisfying factor authentications and maintenance security keys; (iv)enforcing trading and transaction rules and regulatory requirements; (v)initial price and smart contract offering; (vi) monitoring andmaintaining timing records of transactions; and f) data currencyintellectual property protection and disclosure systems.
 16. The medicaland healthcare service platform of claim 1, wherein the data currencydevelopment framework comprises a data currency token or coinsdevelopment platform comprising one or more of: a) data currency tokensstandards and templates; b) data currency digital wallet; c) smartcontract interface; d) transfer function interface; e) record keepinginterface to document name, symbol, and decimal of a token; f) initialtotal supply management interface; g) data and application productdocumentation interface; h) AI model structure, parameter, andperformance metrics documentation interface; i) programming interfaceand coding environment; j) application development interfaces tointeract with other digital currencies; and k) application developmentinterfaces to interact with trading and transaction systems.
 17. Themedical and healthcare service platform of claim 1, wherein the datacurrency development framework comprises a data currency smartdistribution process comprising one or more of: initial coin offering(ICO) or holding a crowd sale; build or maintain user community; whitepapers, laws, and regulations; and official release, transaction,operation, and maintenance.